WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 23 July 1914, Page 38

WEDDING BELLS

GOLDEN WEDDING. On Monday, July 6, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Drager, of Pinfold road, Woodville, celebrated their golden wedding, surrounded by a small army of descendants, who came from Auckland and the south, and a large gathering of friends and well-wishers. After full justice had • been done to the wedding breakfast, several speakers, including Rev. Father McKenna and Mr. Burnett (late Mayor of Woodville), paid high tributes to the respect in which the jubilarians are held in the district. Mr. Drager, in returning thanks, gave some very interesting reminiscences, covering his career from the. time he left Germany in 1852, and during a residence of 55 years in the Dominion. Always interested in music, he founded and conducted the first Volunteer Band in Nelson in 1863, with which he was associated for many years. A large number of telegrams were received by the happy couple, and also many handsome presents. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Drager entertained a number of young people to a euchre party and social.